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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Seo, Hyojeong; Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Palmer, Susan B.; Little, Todd D. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2015
Given the emphasis on promoting self-determination in the field of special education and the corresponding use of scales to measure self-determination in research and practice, it is important to examine whether widely used self-determination assessments measure the same constructs among and between students from different disability categories.…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Self Determination, Special Education, Measures (Individuals)
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Bruhn, Allison Leigh; Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Hirsch, Shanna Eisner – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2014
To support students' academic, behavioral, and social needs, many schools have adopted multitiered models of prevention. Because Tier 3 interventions are costly in terms of time and resources, schools must find efficient and effective Tier 2 interventions prior to providing such intense supports. In this article, we review the literature base…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, Student Needs, Prevention
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Bender, Kimberly A.; Thompson, Sanna J.; Ferguson, Kristin M.; Yoder, Jamie R.; Kern, Leah – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2014
Previous research documents that street-involved youth experience rates of trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that are significantly higher than their housed counterparts. Trauma and PTSD are of particular concern for homeless youth as they can negatively affect youths' ability to function adaptively and to transition off the…
Descriptors: Homeless People, Youth, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Interviews
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McDaniel, Sara C.; Houchins, David E.; Terry, Nicole P. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2013
Reading deficits among students with emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) are well documented. One approach to addressing these deficits has been providing students with intensive and explicit reading instruction. In this study, 31 students with E/BD and reading deficits in self-contained settings were provided with 8 weeks of…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Emotional Disturbances, Reading Difficulties, Statistical Significance
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Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Oakes, Wendy P.; Ennis, Robin Parks; Cox, Meredith Lucille; Schatschneider, Christopher; Lambert, Warren – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2013
This study reports findings from a validation study of the Student Risk Screening Scale for use with 9th- through 12th-grade students (N = 1854) attending a rural fringe school. Results indicated high internal consistency, test-retest stability, and inter-rater reliability. Predictive validity was established across two academic years, with Spring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Grade Point Average, Predictive Validity, Interrater Reliability
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Dwyer, Kelly; Rozewski, Danielle; Simonsen, Brandi – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
Individuals who engage in problem behavior should be taught an appropriate behavior that meets the same function and replaces the problem behavior. Often, there are several appropriate replacement behaviors, and guidance is needed to choose among them. This study employs a hybrid single subject design with a baseline, alternating treatments, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Comparative Analysis, Task Analysis
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Rescorla, Leslie A.; Achenbach, Thomas M.; Ivanova, Masha Y.; Bilenberg, Niels; Bjarnadottir, Gudrun; Denner, Silvia; Dias, Pedro; Dobrean, Anca; Dopfner, Manfred; Frigerio, Alessandra; Goncalves, Miguel; Guomundsson, Halldor; Jusiene, Roma; Kristensen, Solvejg; Lecannelier, Felipe; Leung, Patrick W. L.; Liu, Jianghong; Lobel, Sofia P.; Machado, Barbara Cesar; Markovic, Jasminka; Mas, Paola A.; Esmaeili, Elaheh Mohammad; Montirosso, Rosario; Pluck, Julia; Pronaj, Adelina Ahmeti; Rodriguez, Jorge T.; Rojas, Pamela O.; Schmeck, Klaus; Shahini, Mimoza; Silva, Jaime R.; van der Ende, Jan; Verhulst, Frank C. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
This study tested societal effects on caregiver/teacher ratings of behavioral/emotional problems for 10,521 preschoolers from 15 societies. Many societies had problem scale scores within a relatively narrow range, despite differences in language, culture, and other characteristics. The small age and gender effects were quite similar across…
Descriptors: Emotional Problems, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Caregivers, Theory Practice Relationship
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Menzies, Holly M.; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
In this study the authors examined the psychometric properties of the "Student Risk Screening Scale" (SRSS), including predictive validity in terms of student outcomes in behavioral and academic domains. The school, a diverse, suburban school in Southern California, administered the SRSS at three time points as part of regular school practices…
Descriptors: Evidence, Suburban Schools, Antisocial Behavior, Language Arts
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Francis, Sarah E.; Ebesutani, Chad; Chorpita, Bruce F. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
This investigation examined how two commonly employed measures of functional impairment (the "Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale" [CAFAS] and the "Global Assessment of Functioning" [GAF] scale) perform with respect to assessing levels of functional impairment and, hence, identifying rates of serious emotional disturbance (SED) across…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Measures (Individuals), Emotional Disturbances, Functional Behavioral Assessment
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Ennis, Robin Parks; Lane, Kathleen Lynne; Oakes, Wendy Peia – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2012
In this article we examine the psychometric properties of the "Student Risk Screening Scale" (SRSS) for use in diverse, urban elementary schools. Results of two studies suggest strong internal consistency and test-retest reliability. Both studies also suggest strong convergent validity with other psychometrically sound, systematic screeners…
Descriptors: Suspension, Validity, Achievement Tests, Behavior Disorders
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Mezulis, Amy; Vander Stoep, Ann; Stone, Andrea L.; McCauley, Elizabeth – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2011
Both depressive and externalizing symptoms are common in adolescence and often co-occur. The purpose of this study was to examine whether adolescents' patterns of depressive and externalizing symptoms can be differentiated into discrete classes and whether these classes are best distinguished by the number or type of symptoms. We examined whether…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 6, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders)
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Hart, Katie C.; Massetti, Greta M.; Fabiano, Gregory A.; Pariseau, Meaghan E.; Pelham, William E., Jr. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2011
This study sought to systematically examine the academic behavior of children with ADHD in different instructional contexts in an analogue classroom setting. A total of 33 children with ADHD participated in a reading comprehension activity followed by a testing period and were randomly assigned within days to either small-group instruction,…
Descriptors: Small Group Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Testing, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Chapman, Jason E.; Schoenwald, Sonja K. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2011
The current study investigated relations among ethnic similarity in caregiver-therapist pairs of youth participating in Multisystemic Therapy, therapist adherence, and youth long-term behavioral and criminal outcomes. Participants were 1,979 youth and families treated by 429 therapists across provider organizations in 45 sites. Relations were…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Criminals, Caregivers, Therapy
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Murray, Christopher; Zvoch, Keith – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2011
This investigation examines teacher-student relationships among African American youth from low-income backgrounds (N = 193). Students and their teachers completed measures of teacher-student relationship quality and measures pertaining to emotional, behavioral, and school-related adjustment. Results indicated that African American youth who fell…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Child Behavior, Adolescents, Teacher Student Relationship
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Dedrick, Robert F.; Greenbaum, Paul E. – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2011
Multilevel confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the factor structure underlying the 12-item, three-factor "Interagency Collaboration Activities Scale" (ICAS) at the informant level and at the agency level. Results from 378 professionals (104 administrators, 201 service providers, and 73 case managers) from 32 children's mental health…
Descriptors: Health Services, Mental Health, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
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